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6 Tips on How to Form an Effective CRM Advisory Committee

Part of a successful CRM project is your post-launch strategy. Learn how to elect a CRM Advisory Committee that supports your CRM system for the long haul.

 

Why You Need Ongoing CRM User Support

Do you have a standardized system for supporting users after your CRM goes live? If not, you need one. Let's discuss why and how you can get started.

7 Steps to Enable the April 2019 Update for Dynamics 365

Along with the rest of you, we have been waiting (im)patiently for the go ahead to test out the April 2019 update. Information has been slow to unfold, but a post on CRMUG prompted me to do a little digging. Here is a quick walk through of how to update Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement using a test environment in 7 steps.

Field Questions and their CRM Equivalent

How do you ask the right questions when a user asks for a new Dynamics 365 field?  And how do you translate that request into the best design?  Let's take a look!

Administering Dynamics 365 CRM - Adding a field

Can You Add a CRM Field Please?

Sometimes saying "yes" to make your CRM users happy can create unnecessary complexity that chips away at the user experience and, ultimately, hurts adoptin. In this article we'll look at some helpful questions to ask before adding a new field to CRM. 

CRM Best Practices - Too Many Fields

CRM Administrator- All for One or One for All?


imageA CRM administrator is a job role which is dynamic in itself, requiring many proverbial hats. So let us have a look at the variety of duties and responsibilities a CRM administrator has to perform.

“It’s Not Me, It’s You”: 4 Reasons Why Your CRM is Failing


CRM10Failure, at its core, can take on many forms. When it comes to CRM, failure can mean a low adoption rate, un-integrated platforms that lack of one view to customer/partner/prospect data, or a costly investment with no return. Many assume that as technology has evolved, failures have decreased. The C5 Insight team set out to find out the truth about CRM failure. Is it on the decline, or are we kidding ourselves in thinking it possibly could be?

How to Setup and Use a Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 30-day Free Trial

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 has launched a 30-day free trial which provides the full access to all functionality. This blog will walk you through how to apply for a free trial account and how to best utilize this free tool. It includes some basic setup such as how to add users into your system, set security roles and play with sample data.

Finding Decommissioned Fields in Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Seen My DataIn the fast paced and ever changing environments of business, often times changes need to be made to your business systems that reflect the changes in business processes required to support evolving markets.  Specifically, when designing and configuring the deployment of Dynamics CRM, there will inevitably be times when certain entity elements become obsolete and need to be decommissioned.

Finding Decommissioned Fields in Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Seen My DataIn the fast paced and ever changing environments of business, often times changes need to be made to your business systems that reflect the changes in business processes required to support evolving markets.  Specifically, when designing and configuring the deployment of Dynamics CRM, there will inevitably be times when certain entity elements become obsolete and need to be decommissioned.

9 Tips to Re-Engage your CRM Use


Is it a fair statement to say that we all have had a poor experience using CRM? That we either wanted our old methods back or short cuts in this new application called CRM? There are many reasons for user not liking and embracing CRM deployments; however let's address instead how to re-engage to increase adoption of CRM in your organization.  

20 CRM Adoption Options

Few businesses would argue the value of a good CRM solution anymore. But adoption remains a significant challenge. Our own research shows that 40 percent or more of organizations continue to struggle with getting their teams to adopt CRM. So here are 20 ideas to consider to help drive the adoption of CRM within your organization.

CRM 2011 Activity Feeds: Gaining User Adoption

CRM 2011 Dashboard with Activity FeedsActivity feeds are a great new feature of CRM 2011.  But, as compelling as they are, there is a problem.  Getting users to adopt them can be daunting.  Some users are not yet comfortable with social networking.  Others don't want to have to go to yet another place to track and record information.  Still others just have a hard time establishing new habits and work patterns.  

But starting to get value out of activity feeds doesn't have to be difficult.  This article outlines 3 practical ways that we have been working with activity feeds to boost the value of them, and the adoption of them by users.  Read on for more - including a free solution to expand how activity feeds are used in your organization.

The Dynamics CRM 2011 Administration Bible is Almost Here!

 

The Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Administration Bible is only a few weeks away (March 1, 2011) from being available!  After lots of hard work and long hours, we’re going to celebrate by giving away five copies of the book for free!

To be entered to win a free copy, just sign up to follow C5 Insight on one of the various social channels that we offer (you must have a United States mailing address to be qualified).  You can click here to follow us on Twitter.  We’re planning to select 5 winners on March 21, 2011 (or once we have 200 new followers across our social channels – whichever comes first).

Or, if you’re in a hurry, then use the link to the left to order your copy today (our kid’s college funds thank you)!

For those of you who are interested in SharePoint 2010, the book includes a chapter on the “out of the box” SharePoint integration and a special appendix on customized SharePoint 2010 / CRM 2011 integration written by Curtis Hughes.

What’s next?  We’ve created a site for the book (www.dynamicscrmbible.com) and we need to get the finishing touches on it ... Gotta get going!

 

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CPR for CRM Study

The complementary paper includes over 12 years of research, recent survey results, and CRM turnaround success stories.

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SharePoint Readiness Assessment

This 60-second assessment is designed to evaluate your organization's collaboration readiness.

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CRM Self Assessment

Learn how you rank compared to organizations typically in years 1 to 5 of implementation - and which areas to focus on to improve.

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SharePoint Feedback Solution

This is a sandbox solution which can be activated per site collection to allow you to easily collect feedback from users into a custom Feedback list.

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SharePoint Upgrade Checklist

Whether you are upgrading to SharePoint Online, 2010, 2013 or the latest 2016, this checklist contains everything you need to know for a successful transition.